Most Famous

The Most Famous Artworks of Joseon dynasty painting

The 60 most celebrated works of the Joseon dynasty painting movement, ranked by renown across 202 works in the catalog.

A note on the ranking: "fame" here is a measure of renown, not of merit — synthesised from how widely a work is cited and held. It leans toward the Western canon and the best-digitised collections. Read it as a popular index, not a verdict.

  1. 釈迦三尊像|Shaka (Shakyamuni) Triad
  2. 涅槃図|Death of the Historical Buddha (Nehan-zu)
  3. Portrait of an imperial censor and his wife
  4. 高野四所明神像|The Four Deities of Mount Kōya
  5. 『図像抄』〈十巻抄〉明王部諸尊|Iconographic Drawings of the Five Kings of Wisdom (Myōō-bu shoson)
  6. 大威徳明王|Daiitoku Myōō
  7. 釈迦如来像|Shaka Nyorai
  8. 藤原鎌足像|Fujiwara no Kamatari as a Shinto Deity
  9. Untitled
    Untitled Nagano Yasunosuke · 1898
  10. 當麻曼荼羅図 |Taima Mandala
  11. 五髻文殊菩薩像|The Bodhisattva Monju (Manjushri) with Five Topknots
  12. Untitled
    Untitled Unknown · 1849
  13. Album of Fifty-four Sketches
  14. 釈迦三尊十大弟子像|Shaka (Shakyamuni), the Historical Buddha, with Two Attendant Bodhisattvas and the Ten Great Disciples
  15. 愛染明王像|Aizen Myōō
  16. 龍湫周沢写 不動明王二童子像|Fudō Myōō and Two Attendants
  17. 仏伝図|Scene from the Life of the Buddha
  18. 旧山宗英像|Portrait of Kyūzan Sōei
  19. 慈恩大師像|Portrait of Jion Daishi (Guiji)
  20. Untitled
    Untitled After Gessen · 1506
  21. 八字文殊菩薩像|Monju Bosatsu with Eight Sacred Sanskrit Syllables
  22. Untitled
    Untitled Unknown · 1798
  23. 右都御史筆 麝香猫図|Musk Cat
  24. 娘義太夫|Female Chanter for Jōruri Puppet Theater
  25. 衿羯羅童子像 |Kongara-doji
    衿羯羅童子像 |Kongara-doji Ryūshū Shūtaku · 1387
  26. 源氏物語絵巻  「澪標」|“Channel Markers” (Miotsukushi)
  27. 伝春日基光筆 玄奘三蔵像|Portrait of Xuanzang (Genjō) with Attendant
  28. 大精進菩薩図像 (「金胎仏画帖」より)|Daishōjin Bosatsu, from “Album of Buddhist Deities from the Diamond World and Womb World Mandalas”
  29. 八仙図|Eight Daoist Immortals Welcoming Jurōjin
  30. Untitled
    Untitled Unkoku Tōgan · 1609
  31. 地蔵来迎図|Welcoming Descent of Jizō
  32. 春日鹿曼荼羅 (Kasuga shika mandara)|Deer Mandala of Kasuga Shrine
  33. A Samurai on Horseback
    A Samurai on Horseback Kusumi Morikage · 1662
  34. 聖徳太子絵伝図|Illustrated Biography of Prince Shōtoku (Shōtoku Taishi e-den)
  35. Untitled
    Untitled Jakusai 寂済 · 1435
  36. Portrait of Yun Dongseom (1710–1795)
  37. 能面図・朝倉尉|Noh Mask of an Old Man (Asakurajō)
  38. 景南英文像|Portrait of Keinan Eibun
  39. 能面図・般若|Noh Mask of a Demoness (Hannya)
  40. 阿弥陀如来像|Welcoming Descent of Amida Buddha
  41. Untitled
    Untitled Fujiwara no Nobuzane · 1232
  42. Bodhidharma
    Bodhidharma Unkoku Tōgan · 1600
  43. 弁財天十五童子像|Benzaiten and Fifteen Attendants
  44. 藤原清忠 「業兼本 時代不同歌合絵巻」 断簡|The Poet Fujiwara Kiyotada, from the “Narikane Version” of Thirty-six Poetic Immortals
  45. Untitled
    Untitled Kawanabe Kyōsai 河鍋暁斎 · 1887
  46. Untitled
    Untitled Tsurana · 1850
  47. Untitled
    Untitled Iwasa Matabē · 1616
  48. Untitled
    Untitled Shibata Zeshin · 1837
  49. Untitled
    Untitled Okamoto Toyohiko · 1822
  50. Untitled
    Untitled Shibata Zeshin · 1837
  51. 一遍上人絵伝「遊行上人縁起絵」 断簡|A Nenbutsu Gathering at Ichiya, Kyoto, from the Illustrated Biography of the Monk Ippen and His Disciple Ta'a (Yugyō Shōnin engi-e)
  52. Eight Views of the Xiao and Xiang Rivers
  53. Welcoming Descent of Amida (Amida Raigō)
  54. Water Buffalo Returning Home
  55. Wild Geese Descending on a Sandbar, from Eight Views of Xiao-Xiang
  56. Portrait of Sugawara Michizane
  57. Portrait of Samurai-Official: Hirai KyoseiHirai Kyosei
  58. Portrait of Duli Xingyi
    Portrait of Duli Xingyi Kita Genki · 1671
  59. Portrait of Ōzora Buzaemon
    Portrait of Ōzora Buzaemon Watanabe Kazan · 1827
  60. 楊貴妃図 (Yō Kihi zu)|Yang Guifei